Many people use 'bug' and 'insect' interchangeably. Scientifically, insects are a broad class. True bugs are a specific order within insects, known as Hemiptera. They have unique piercing-sucking ...

STUDENTS of the insects of the Homopterous sub-order of the Hemiptera will find this volume very serviceable in the determination of their captures. The work is a descriptive catalogue of the families ...

Results from a recently published study suggest that efforts to reduce biological hitchhiking on live plant imports, often referred to as 'biosecurity,' are working. However, more than a century of ...

Introduction -- Dichotomous keys -- External anatomy -- Insect development -- Taxonomic terminology -- Taxonomy, classification, and nomenclature -- Phylum Arthropoda ...

The insects known as Hemiptera are not a particularly glamorous bunch. This group includes stink bugs, bed bugs, litter bugs, scale insects and aphids. Their closest relatives are thrips, bark lice ...